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4 HAT POUN'OING M CHINE.

No. 292.892. l PatentedFe'b, 5, 1884.

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,FREDERIGK F. CAMPBELL, OF NEVARK, NEW JERSEY.

.HAT-POUNOING MACHINE.

SPECIF IQATION forming fpart of Letters Patent No. 292,92, dated February 5, 1884.

' Application filed December 10, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK F. (More BELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pouncing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine upon which more than a single operator can work and still allow each workman io finish the pouncing of each hat, producing a reversed nap, to simplify the operationand cost of construction of said machines, and to reduce the manualoperation of the work man in handling and pouncing the hat to the minimum.

of a portion of the machine, showing a modified arrangement of the pouncing-blocks and presser-block. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a portion of the treadle mechanism, and Fig. 4 a section through line as of Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.

As shown in the drawings, my machine consists of a shaft, A, working in suitable bearings, B, having on each end thereof pouncingblocks 0 0, arranged in pairs, preferably conical in shape, as indicated in the drawings, said pouncing-blocks being placed at a convenient distance apart, with the truncated tops of the blocks, when conically shaped, preferaeach other, as shownin Fig. 1.

In order to secure additional steadiness and certainty ofmotion in the shaft A and pouncing-blocks, I may provide a bearing, a, between the blocks 0 0, connected with the standard of the machine. The pouncing-blocks may be covered with the ordinary pouncing material in the usual manner.

Fig. 2 shows the pouncing-cones placed with their bases turned toward each other, which arrangement may be employed, if desirable. D is the presserblock, adapted to press the hat against the revolving blocks 0 O, secured upon the curved arm (I, the other end, (1, of which is formed as shown in the drawings, passing through and turning within a guidepiece, 6, said end being provided with a pin, (1 and recessed at f, as shown in Fig. 3, to

end of said bar being attached to or resting upon the trcadle g. The gui de-pieee e may be cast integral with the frame-work, having a back plate, 0, Fig. 4, or bolted to said frame work, as shownat the right in Fig. 1, and is provided with slots 7:, extending upward, and adapted to receive the pin d and direct the presser-block against the blocks 0 O, and hold it firmly in place. One side of each slot into said slots as the treadle mechanism is turned within the guide piece and raised against either pouncing-bloek.

In operating the machine, the hat is placed upon the presser-block and pounced upon one block, as G, the nap being laid one way, and then,without removingthe hat from the presser-block D, is pounced upon the block 0, reversing the nap by turning the upper portion, D d d, of the treadle mechanism to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. By this arrangement the operation is simplified, facilitated, and the cost of construction lessened.

Under certain conditions it may be desirable to disconnect one set of pouncing-blocks from the other-as when, for instance, one operator desires to adjust or replace the sandpaper on the blocks without interfering with or hindering the other operator. In this case I may divide the shaft and provide a clutch or a similar device, operated in any convenient manner.

I may, if desirable, use a, single cylindrical pouncing-block instead of two cones. In this form the presser-block is placed on a vertical line with the treadlebar, and directly under the cylinder, and the desired result etl'ected viz., a reversed napby simply rotating the presser-block, &c.

ma be curved as shown, to 'uide the )in' receive one end of the treadle-bar f, the other Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and-wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hat-pouncing machine provided with a shaft or shafts, having attached thereto one or more pairs of pouncing-blocks placed approximately together.

2. A hat-pouncing machine provided with v a shaft, having attached at or near each end thereof pouncing-blocks arranged in pairs.

3. A hat-pouneing machine provided with a shaft, having secured at or near each end thereof conical pouncing-blocks arranged in pairs.

4. A hat-pouncing machine provided with a shaft, having secured at or near each end thereof conical pouncing-blocks arranged in pairs, placed with their truncated portions facing each other or more nearly adjacent. 5. A hat-pouncing machine provided with shafting, having attached thereto pouncingblocks arranged in. pairs, with the driving mechanism placed between said pairs.

6. A hat-pouncing machine provided with shafting, having attached thereto pouncingblocks arranged in pairs, with the driving mechanism and bearings placed between said pairs.

7. A hat-pouncing machine provided with shafting, having attached thereto pouncingblocks arranged in pairs, with the driving mechanism and bearings placed between said pairs, and also having a supplemental bearing, as a, between the pouncing-blocks of each pair.

8. A hat-pouncing machine provided with mechanism adapted to press the hat-body against the pouncing-surfaces, and to reverse the position of the hat-body with relation to said pouncing-surface.

9. In combination, in a hat-pouncing machine, pouncing-blocks arranged in pairs, driving mechanism placed between said pairs, and means adapted to press the hat-bodies against said pouncing-blocks.

10. In combination, in a hat-ponncing machine, pouncing-blocks arranged in pairs, and mechanism adapted to press the hat-bodies against said pouncing-lolocks.

11. A hat-pouncing machine provided with pouncing-blocks arranged in pairs, and mechanism adapted to press the hat-body against both of said blocks at different times without removing said hat-body.

12. In combination, in a hat-pouncing machine, pouncing-blocks arranged in pairs, a single presser-block adapted to press the hatbodies against said pouncing-blocks, and mechanism whereby said presser-block .may be changed from one pouncing-block to the other.

13. In combination, in a hat-pouncing machine,-pouncing-blocks arranged in pairs, an arm, d, guidepiece e, and mechanism adapted to raise said block and arm.

14. In combination, in a hat-pouncing machine, ponncing-blocks arranged in pairs, a presser-block, arm (I, provided with a pin, d, slotted guide-piece c, treadle-bar f, and treadle g.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of December, 1883.

CHAS. H. Thnnrsox, (l. R. HOAG. 

